There is a solution to this problem.
The splash screen that loads in on XP bootup is called NTOSKRNL.EXE and can be found in C:\WINDOWS\system32 folder.
If you obtain a file NTOSKRNL.EXE (you can download these files from http://www.themexp.org/) , once you have the right file for your operating system(be very careful to get the right one, ie if you are using XP SP2 then you must get the file named NTOSKRNLSP2.EXE and when you have downloaded it rename it NTOSKRNL. Then go into safe mode and just drop it over the top of the old file in the C:\WINDOWS\system32 directory. You now will have a new splash screen. Warnings I warn you that before you do this to make sure you have the recovery console installed onto your system, and before dropping the file onto to old NTOSKRNL.EXE file, make a copy of it and rename it NTOSKRNL2.EXE and put it in the same directory. Then if it gives you an error on boot up it means you have the wrong file and you will need to go into the recovery console and rename the file NTOSKRNL.EXE with the backup file NTOSKRNL2.EXE. If you are not all that experienced around a command line then I strongly advise that you use the software on the website above to change the screens. That is also the quicker way, but has only a trial period on the software, as with the way I showed you it is for as long as you like and for free.
